Halifax International Security Forum

In closing remarks to , Taiwan Vice President 蕭美琴 Bi-khim Hsiao says threats to Taiwan are a daily reality.

While the world constantly changes, Canada’s former top general Wayne Eyre tells the plenary Democracy=Security that one thing remains constant.

Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School tells that democracies are about values and cooperation.

王定宇 Wang Ting-yu, chair of the Taiwan legislature’s defence and foreign affairs committee, tells discussion on Democracy=Security that Taiwan has increased and will continue to increase its ability to defend itself.

At the discussion Democracy=Partnership, Dr. Tamara Cofman Wittes, president of the National Democratic Institute , states that preserving democracies preserves peace.

Kosovo Defense Minister Ejup Maqedonci explains to how Kosovo is an example of a country that became democratic and flourished.

Jack McCain, CEO of Blue Sky Vantage, tells Democracy=Partnership discussion at that anti-democratic forces actively undermine the notion of democratic power.

Nancy Okail, president of the Centre for International Policy says that a flaw in President Trump’s approach to problems is leaving out civil society.

Taiwan Deputy Foreign Minister Chen Ming-chi tells ’s plenary Democracy=Justice that China is a threat outside of, as well as inside Taiwan.